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Japanese Castle In
ancient times castles in Japan were built as against the invasion
from the Korean Peninsula, or were built against Ezo in northeastern
region. In medieval times, almost all castles were built on a mountain.
In the Age of Civil Wars solid castles were built that were surrounded
with ditches, stones walls, earth walls, towers and a center-tower
of the castle called Tenshukaku. In Edo period Tokugawa shogunate
proclaimed the government ordinance of one-country one castle in
1615, each han was able to have only a main castle and reconstruction
of a castle was restricted severely. After the Meiji Restoration,
establishment of prefecture system was performed and many castles
were pulled down. Japan went into the time of high growth after
Tokyo Olympic Games in 1969 at the time many castles were rebuilt
with the permanent structure as a place of sightseeing. Castles
with the present English homepages are not so many. However, castles
linked to this site are famous castles and which are as the essence
of Japanese architecture.
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